Line-drying reel.



E. SPENCER.

LINE DRYING REEL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1910 987,411 Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

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-reel that can be readily rod section for reelmg EGIBERT SPENCER, 0F BEEKMAN, NEW YORK,

ASSIGNOR TO VON LENGERKE AND DETMOLD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A COZPAR'INERSHIP.

LINE-DRYING REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 6, 1910. Serial No. 570,589.

To all whom t't may concern."

lie it known that I, EGBERT SPENCER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Beckman, Dutchess county, State ofNew York, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Line-Drying Reels, of which the following is a specification.

The object-of the present invention is to produce a simple anc eflective line drying mounted upon a fish a line from the fish reel after use.

A further object of the present invention is to roduce such a drying reel which can be co lapsed into compact shape for convenience in carrying it 1n the pocket or fish-' ing kit.

The improved line drying reel includes a yoke-shapedsupport provided with a stem projecting centrally from its base and of proper size and shape to be fitted into the base section of a fish rod when the extension sections of the rod are removed, and a skeleton reel journaled in the arms of said yokeshaped support in convenient position to be operated y one hand, while the fish rod 1s held in the other. With this arran ement, the end of the line to bedried is tie to one of the arms of the drying reel and with the drag upon the fishing reelis uniformly and rapidly wound upon the drying reel. The form of the reel supporting yoke is such that the drying reel is presented in a most effective position for the accurate winding of the line from the fishing reel to the drying reel. The reel supporting yoke is formed with springy arms so that the hub members of the reel proper are engaged by the arms of the yoke with sufiicient braking ressure to hold the reel in any position an avoid the possibility of rotating it too rapidly.

The reel proper is constructed of a shaft journaled in the arms of the yoke-shaped supportand having two hub members rigidly attached inside of the support arms and two other hub members freelcy mounted upon the shaft inside of the fixe hub members, the fixed and loose hub members at one side of the reel being formed with corresponding recesses and projections to lock the loose hub members upon the shaft, and all the hub members having the radial reel arms projecting from them. A spring device is provided for holding the notched loose hub member into locked engagement with the notched fixed hub member. The arms of the reel are preferably formed of spring wire bent into U-shape and suitably mounted in the hub members. spring wire arms upon the loose hub members may be utilized for retaining the notched loose hub member intoengagement with the notched fixedhub member, or I may provide a different form of spring for retainingthese parts in engagement. This construction of reel enables me to disengage the two interlocking hub members and rotate the reel arms relatively to collapse them into compact form.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will first describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, and afterward point out the novelty more particularly in the annexed claims.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a section of a fishing rod and reel showing my improved drying reel applied thereto in position for reeling a line from the fishing reel. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of m improved line drylng reel. Fig. 3 is an e ge v1ew of the same in collapsed form, andr Fig. 4 is a detail view of a slight modification.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

The elasticity of the a 1 is a yoke-shaped support having p arallel arms 2 and 3 which are formed at their free ends with enlargements 4 having transverse ournal openings formed through them. The U-shaped yoke l isprovided with a stem 5 pro ecting downwardly from the center of its base member. The stem 5 is of cylindrical or slightly tapered form to fit in the socket in the end ofthe of an ordinary fishing rod reel upon said rod section.

10 is a shaft of the reel journaled in the openings formed through enlargements 4 of arms 2 and 3. This shaft is referably bent at one end to form a crank handle 11. Rigidly fastened upon the shaft 10 just inside of the bearing ends 4 of the yoke supto support the porting arms are the fixed hub members 15,

and 16 in which are supported'the radial reel arms 17 and 18 which extend from the hub members in opposite directions. Loosely mounted upon the shaft 10 insideof the fixed hub members 15 and 16 are the loose hub members 20 and 21 supporting the radial reel arms 22 and 23 which extend from said loose hub members in opposite directions. The reel arms 17, 18, 22 and handle section I I 23 are'preferably formed of springy wire of sufiicient stiffness to serve the purpose for I which they are intended. These wires are conveniently bent into U-shape with the ends mounted in the hub members and the outer parts of the arms have inwardly bent sections 25 upon which the line may be wound. The fixed hub member 15 has its inner face formed with alternate projections and notches 15, 15 to receive correspondin notches and projections 20" and 20 forme 'upon the outer face of the adjacent loose hub member 20. These notches and projections upon the adj acenthub members 15 and 20 are in effect a clutch for locking the loose member upon the shaft. Since the radial reel arms 22 and 23 are of spring wire, it will be observed that the loose hub member 20 will be yieldingly held in locked engagement with the fixed hub member 15 so as to hold the two sets of reel arms at right angles to each other. I prefer to utilize the spring of reel arms 22 and 23 for holding the hub members 15 and20 in enga ement, but the same result can be obtained y providing an additional spring such as shown in Fig. 4

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ofthe drawing. In this figure, the shaft 10 has a small s iral expansion spring 30 mounted upon it and held in engagement with the loose hub member 20 by a collar 31 secured to the shaft 10. v

The U-shaped supporting yoke '1 is preferably formed of spring materialso that the arms 2 and 3 will engage the fixed hub members 15 and 16 of the reel with a braking pressure suflicient to hold the reel in its support in any position in which it is placed and at the same time afford a retarding efiect to oifset the tendency of rotating the reel-too rapidly when a line is wound In Fig. 1 I have shown my improved line drym reel in operative. position, the stem 5 of t e supporting yoke being inserted in the socket in the end of the handle section of an ordinary fishing rod; When the reel is mounted in this position, it will be observed that it is presented in the most convenient position in front of the fishing reel for removing a line therefrom. 3 With the rod section'held in the left hand, and

the drag placed upon the fishing reel, the

drying reel can be conveniently operated with the ri ht hand for uickly anfd uniformly win ing the. line rom. the fishing reel to the dryin reel. After the drying reel has been use it can be collapsed into th' form shown in Fig. 3 by simply pressing the loose hub 20 inwardly to disengage the projections and notches of the adjacent hub members, clutch faces formed upon one of said'fixed hub members and the adjacent loose hub member and means for yieldingly holding said clutci faces in engagement.

2. In a line drying reel, the combination of a suitable support, a reel shaft journaled in said support, hub members fixed upon said shaft and supporting reel arms, other hub members loosely mounted upon said shaft alongside of said fixed hub members, clutch faces formed upon adjacent fixed and loose hub members, and reel arms of spring material mounted in said loose hub members and tending to hold said clutch members in engagement.

. EGBERT SPENCER. Witnesses:

EUGENE R. SoHRYvEa, Com D. So'rmrvE 

